Louis Bennett (politician)
Louis Bennett (died March 30, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
[edit]Bennett was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the District of New Jersey.[1]
He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1939 to 1948, sitting in the 162nd, 163rd, 164th, 165th and 166th New York State Legislatures.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (26th D.) in 1949. He resigned his seat on July 22, 1949,[2] to run for the New York City Municipal Court.[3]
He was a justice of the Municipal Court from 1950 until his death in 1959.
He died on March 30, 1959[4] and was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Flushing, Queens.
Sources
[edit]- ^ New York Red Book (1949; pg. 81)
- ^ Elected Public Officials of the Bronx since 1898 Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (2014; pg. 11)
- ^ "Bar Unit Adopts Judicial Listings" in The New York Times on October 19, 1949 (subscription required)
- ^ "Obituary; Bennett, Hon. Louis" in The New York Times on April 1, 1959 (subscription required)
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